Neostatherotis pallidtornus

Neostatherotis pallidtornus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Neostatherotis
Species:	N. pallidtornus
Binomial name
	Neostatherotis pallidtornus; Razowski, 2008

Neostatherotis pallidtornus is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Vietnam.[1]

The wingspan is 20 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is cream, slightly suffused with brownish ochreous especially along the costa and dorsum. The dorsal third of the wing is densely strigulated (finely streaked) with grey brown. The hindwings are brownish grey.[2]

Etymology

The name refers to colouration of tornal area of the forewing and is derived from Latin pallidus (meaning pale).

References

Razoski, Józef, 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 7.Some additional data (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Polish Journal of Entomology 78 (1): 15-32. Full article:
Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 6. Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (145): 115-143.

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[1] Razoski, Józef, 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 7.Some additional data (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Polish Journal of Entomology 78 (1): 15-32. Full article:

[2] Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum. 6. Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (145): 115-143.